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VALENTINE SEAMAN.

IF Valentine Seaman lives until the 30th of next September he will be in his ninety-sixth year. He was born within a block of where the present TIMES Building stands, in 1802, and he still has a clear recollection of his birthplace, which was in Beekman Street, almost opposite the Old Brick Church.

August 08, 1897

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